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Contributing to Core:
Hassle to Hobby
WordCamp Orange County 2014
Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
@GetSource - http://www.getsource.net
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Who Am I?
• Mike Schroder, a.k.a DH-
Shredder, a.k.a. @GetSource
• Third Culture Kid, enjoy
Coffee & Sailing
• WordPress 3.9 Co-Lead and
Core Contributor
• Happy DreamHost Employee
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I’m going to start
with a story.
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It’s not typical.
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A user’s tech support start.
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Tip 1: IRC is the place to be.
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This landed me in trac.
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It turns out, this was more
difficult than it sounded.
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So, I picked a ticket at random.
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Fortunately, it’s become less
complicated to use trac.
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Patch process?
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Core Contributor Handbook
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My first patch was almost
entirely reverted.
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Tip 2: Don’t limit yourself to
one task or ticket.
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Looking to work on a feature?
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Tip 3: Team up.
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Every larger thing I’ve worked
on has been a team exercise.
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Consider working on
a feature plugin.
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Not everything you work on
will make it into core.
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But some things will.
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Tip 4: It gets easier.
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So, let’s recap.
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IRC is the place to be.
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Don’t limit yourself to
one task or ticket.
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Team up.
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It gets easier.
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We’ll talk about next steps
tomorrow at the workshop!
• https://make.wordpress.org/core
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org
Slides: http://www.getsource.net/tag/contribution/
Mike Schroder (DH-Shredder)
@GetSource - http://www.getsource.net